Measuring spoon



April 3, 1935. w. E. SCHAUER 1,998,969

MEASURING SPOON Filed Oct. 31, 1931 Patented Apr. 23, 1935 UNITED STATES MEASURING SPOON Walter E. Schauer, Oak Park, Ill., assignor to Edward Katzinger Company, Chicago, 111., a

corporation of Illinois Application October 31,

Claims.

The invention relates generally to measuring spoons, and particularly to those arranged in sets, having for its object the convenient nesting of the spoons of the set, the ready selection and use 5 of one of the spoons,'and the constant maintenance of the spoons in proper alignment and relationship.

With the above and other objects in View, as will be apparent, this invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:v

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a set of measuring spoons constructed in accordance with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof, showing the individual spoons nested; and

Fig. 3 is a similar invention illustrating one of the spoons of the set isolated for use.

I-Ieretofore measuring spoons have been arranged in sets, each set consisting of several spoons of different sizes and capacities. In arranging these spoons in sets the handles thereof were placed one above the other, in substantially parallel relation when the bowls were nested and the extremities of the handles were pierced by corresponding apertures through which passed a closed ring. Thus the sets of measuring spoons were created without any fixed relative positions on the parts of the units thereof, and with each individual spoon free to move in any direction about the ring as a pivot.

The present invention is designed to overcome the objectionable features of the prior sets by fixing the relative positions of the spoons of the set, so that each spoon may only be moved in a given direction and will always be in substantially the same relative position with respect to the other spoons of the set. Furthermore the present invention contemplates the ready selection of any one spoon for use and the almost automatic nesting of the spoons when not in use whereby the constant inclination on the part of the spoons to become unnested and scattered about the fastening means as a pivot is eliminated.

In carrying out the present invention, a plurality of spoons of various sizes and capacities are assembled into a set, each spoon comprising a bowl i0 and a handle ll. When arranged in a set the bowls iii of the spoons are nested as illustrated in Fig. 1 with those portions of the handles l l immediately adjoining the said bowls l0 positioned approximately one above the other.

Beyond those portions l i of the handles immediately adjoining the bowls it, the handles are twisted through whereby the bodies i2 thereof rest vertically with reference to the general planes of the bowls i8 and substantially parallel one to the other, and flush one against the other.

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1931, Serial No. 572,909

Adjoining their extremities the bodies I2 of the handles are pierced by registering openings l 3 through which extends a pivot pin [4 provided at each end with suitable heads i5, bearing against the outer faces of the extreme handle bodies l2. This pivot pin M serves to pivotally secure the handles of the spoons together, so that they may only move in substantially parollel planes or paths, and always have a fixed movable relation one to the other.

From the foregoing, it is manifest that any one of the spoons of the set may be easily and readily selected and separated from the remaining spoons for use, by swinging the remaining spoons of the set about the pin I4 away from the selected It is also apparent that after use, the spoons may again be nested by swinging them about the pivot pin l4 successively into the largest spoon.

What is claimed is:

l. A set of measuring spoons comprising a plurality of individual spoons, each having a handle, those portions of all of said handles adjoining the bowls of the spoons resting one above the other and those portions of the handles remote from-the bowls resting angularly to those portions adjoining the bowls side by side, and a pivotal connection between the ends of said handles.

2. A set of measuring spoons comprising a plurality of individual spoons, each having a handle,

those portions of all of said handles adjoining the bowls of the spoons resting one above the other and those portions of the handles remote from the bowls being twisted through 90 to rest side by side, and a pivotal connection between the ends of said handles, whereby the spoons may be moved relatively in parallel planes.

3. A set of measuring spoons comprising a plurality of individual spoons, each consisting of a bowl and a handle projecting therefrom, said handles being twisted to rest side by side in planes substantially at right angles to the planes of the bowls, and a pivotal connection between said handles.

4. A set of measuring spoons, comprising a plurality of individual spoons, each consisting of a bowl and a handle projecting therefrom, said handles being twisted to rest side by side in planes substantially at right angles to the planes of the bowls, and a pivot pin piercing said handles adjoining the ends thereof.

5. A set of measuring spoons comprising a plurality of individual spoons, each consisting of a bowl and a handle projecting therefrom, said handles being turned through 90 to rest side by side in vertical planes, and a pivot pin piercing said handles adjoining the ends thereof, having a head at each end bearing against the outer handles of the set.

WALTER E. SCI-IAUER. 

